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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
O IL-CAKE MEAL.—Circulars from 
Thompson & Co., Allegheny City, 
Pa. It will pay you to send for this circu¬ 
lar, you people who have stock to feed. 
Weaver Organs.— Catalogue from the 
Weaver Organ and Piano Company, York, 
Pennsylvania, “ Equaled by few and excel¬ 
led by none 1 ” This is a trite statement, 
but when it is made by parties who can 
back it up by actual facts, it represents it¬ 
self. The Weaver Organ people make this 
statement about their goods. They guar¬ 
antee their instruments and send a war¬ 
rantee with each one that is sold. Those 
who want to do business on a sound basis, 
may safely deal with the Weaver Organ 
Co. Send for the catalogue. 
Spangler Manufacturing Co.—The 
catalogue issued by this house describes 
and illustrates various useful machines. 
The corn planters, grain drills and fertili¬ 
zer distributors made by this house are all 
first-class. The catalogue tells one all 
about them. 
W. W. Rawson & Co., 34 South Mar¬ 
ket Street, Boston, Mass.— A large-sized 
catalogue (80 pages) of seeds of all kinds. 
Over 100 varieties of hardy flower seeds are 
offered in one packet for 25 cents. A list 
of the seeds of ornamental trees and shrubs 
and of hardy herbaceous plants is given. 
Four pages are devoted to novelties. Mr. 
Rawson has had an experience of 30 years 
as a practical and very successful gardener 
at Arlington, a few miles from Boston, and 
the catalogue is one that gives practical, 
conservative lists, descriptions and illus¬ 
trations. 
John Gardiner & Co., 21iNoRTH 13th 
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.— This is a 
handsome catalogue of 100 pages with 
many illustrations and colored covers. The 
firm offers any of the following excellent 
list of potatoes, per mail, carefully packed 
and correctly labeled, for 30 cents a pound, 
or five pounds for $1, viz., Mammoth Pearl, 
Clark’s No. 1, Early Ohio, Empire State, 
Beauty of Hebron, Dakota Red, White 
Star, Charles Downing and State of Maine. 
Besides the usual farm and garden seeds, 
a part of the catalogue illustrates and de¬ 
scribes live stock of various kinds—Per- 
cheron horses, Shetland ponies, poultry, 
ducks, etc. All who have Japan lilies to 
purchase should examine this catalogue. 
P. J. Berckmans, Augusta,Ga.— A beau¬ 
tiful little book of “Views of Augusta, Ga.” 
Among these bright photo-views are sev¬ 
eral in his own beautiful grounds, showing 
the lake and fountain. Magnolia Avenue, 
greenhouses, residence, etc. 
E. Webb & Sons, Wordslet, Stour¬ 
bridge, England.—A very large and cost¬ 
ly catalogue of vegetable and flower seeds, 
with many novelties and several colored 
plates. Several varieties of new peas an¬ 
nounced in this catalogue have been ordered 
for trial at the Rural Grounds. 
Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., 4 Quai de 
la Megisserie, Paris, France.— A gen¬ 
eral catalogue of flowers, vegetables, grains, 
etc.—185 pages. This is probably one of 
the largest and most respected seed houses 
in the world. 
The Higganum Manufacturing Cor¬ 
poration, 189-191 Water St., N. Y.—A 
descriptive catalogue (170 pages) of farm, 
garden and flower seeds, roots, plants and 
garden requisites. Ford’s New Mammoth 
Podded Lima, New Golden Andalusian 
Bean, the Lentz Beet, Rubicon Half-long 
Carrot,Gragg Water-melon, Princess Musk- 
melon, Tonliocks Potato, are among the 
novelties. A large part of the catalogue is 
given to farm and garden implements— 
plows, harrows of every description, culti¬ 
vators in great variety, drills, corn plant¬ 
ers, bay rakes, mowing machines, hay 
carriers, horse and hand lawn-mowers, rol¬ 
lers, sprinkling carts, hay rigging, dog and 
sheep tread-powers, grinding mills, corn 
shelters, bee hives, dairy tools, barbed 
wire, etc., etc., all illustrated and describ¬ 
ed. The Higganum is an old and trust¬ 
worthy house. 
ELLW ANGER & BARLY, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
—This is the 50tli year that this enterpris¬ 
ing, trustworthy house has carried on the 
Mount Hope Nurseries, and it has done 
more, meanwhile, in the interests of pomo¬ 
logy and horticulture than any other 
American firm. The present catalogue 
(100 pages) is a condensed general list of all 
that the firm offers for sale—fruits of all 
kinds, large and small; ornamental shrubs 
and trees, deciduous and evergreen ; vines, 
hedge plants and, finally, hardy herbaceous 
plants, bulbs, cannas, dahlias, chrysanthe¬ 
mums and coses. The descriptions are all 
conservative, concise and reliable. In 1840 
Ellwanger & Barry started their nursery, 
having but a few acres and little or no cap¬ 
ital except industry and perseverance. 
They have now over 500 acres, 350 of which 
are given to fruits and 90 to ornamental 
trees and shrubs, herbaceous plants, etc. 
They employ 250 men during the growing 
season and 80 during the winter. As many 
as 700,000 fruit trees and 100,000 ornament¬ 
al trees are budded during a season. 
Potatoes and Garden Seeds.— Cata¬ 
logue from Geo. A. Bonnell, Waterloo, Sen- 
aca County, N. Y. Mr. B. offers a well-se¬ 
lected list of potatoes and other favorite 
vegetables. 
J. T. Lovett Co., Little Silver, Mon¬ 
mouth Co., N. J.—This is a very neat, 
tasty catalogue of 90 pages, well illustrated, 
with colored covers and a colored plate of 
Lovett’s White Peach. The collections of 
various fruits—plums, peaches, apples, 
grapes and other small fruits—on the first 
page, at reduced rates, should be examined. 
The cultural instructions and suggestions 
for strawberries, etc., are concise and prac¬ 
tical. The Carlough is offered as a long- 
keeping, handsome, sweet apple that for 
great beauty of fruit, long-keeping and 
handsome growth of tree is absolutely with¬ 
out a rival. It originated in Rockland Co., 
N. Y. The Wonderful, it is said, will prove 
a remarkable acquisition to our list of very 
late peaches. Lovett’s White is said to be 
the hardiest purely white peach yet pro¬ 
duced, yielding heavy crops in Massachu¬ 
setts and Connecticut in orchards where 
most other kinds have failed. The usual 
excellent lists of the leading kinds of old 
and new strawberries, raspberries, grapes, 
etc., take up the first part of the catalogue, 
while the latter part is given to ornamen¬ 
tal trees, shrubs, etc. 
J. C. Vaughan, 88 State St., Chicago, 
ILL.—This well-known firm is one of the most 
enterprising and progressive in the coun_ 
try, and the catalogue is one of the largest 
and most instructive published. Many of its 
illustrations are from photographs. On 
the third cover page are well-selected col¬ 
lections of all sorts of vegetable and flow¬ 
er seeds at greatly reduced prices. For ex. 
ample, 33 varieties of garden seeds are of¬ 
fered for $1.00. Another collection of 16 
packets is offered for 60 cents. The flower 
collections of from 10 to 40 packets are 
offered for from 25 cents to $1.00. The lists 
of melons, sweet corn, beans, peas, on¬ 
ions, potatoes, tomatoes, pansies, sweet 
peas, dahlias, cannas, roses, chrysanthe¬ 
mums are very full. The catalogue also 
offers hardy herbaceous plants, tree seeds, 
oats, wheat, seeds of forage plants, and, 
finally, implements and fertilizers. 
William Parry, Parry P. O., New 
Jersey. —A catalogue of fruits, l. e., straw¬ 
berries, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, 
currants, gooseberries, apples, peaches, 
pears, cherries, etc. A colored plate is 
given of the Wonderful Peach. An illus¬ 
tration of the Idaho Pear appears, one-year 
trees being offered at $2.50 each. Among 
nut trees the Paragon Chestnut—grafted 
trees of course—is offered at $1.25 each. Mr. 
Parry also sells German carp, one-year-old 
fish, for $10 per 100. 
Pi.$rcUaucou.si gUvcrti.sing. 
A SPECIAL FEATURE. 
THE WINNER INVESTMENT GO. 
Handles exclusively Kansas City in¬ 
vestments, and does not handle 
Farm Mortgages. 
PAST INVESTMENTS 
through this company have yielded nearly #S,iX)0,U<J0.U0 
profits, every dollar of principal and Interest has been 
paid at maturity, and all enterprises undertaken have 
been uniformly successful. 
PRESENT INVESTMENTS. 
We can demonstrate how to Invest money safely ti 
realise an Income of six, seven, eight and ten per 
cent, and profits. In a comparatively short time, of 5b 
per cent, UK) per cent,, and even larger, entirely free 
from speculative features. 
For full particulars send for circulars, pamphlets 
and papers; or call. 
WILLIAM H. PARMENTER, 
Cen'l As’t, 50 State Street, Boston; 
IVo. 1 Custom House Street. Providence, H. I.; 
Desk >1. Mercantile Safe Deposit Co., 120 
B’waVi New York CltVi every Wednesday, 
Are we on the Eve of a Revolu¬ 
tion? 
This question seems rather startling at first blush. 
But we (1 > not mean a political revolution, ending in 
blood. We simply mean a revolution of practical 
usefulness. Is the great commercial and business 
world about to abandon the old fashion use of pen¬ 
manship in conducting letters of correspondence and 
substitute the much more speedy, plain and prac¬ 
tical form ot type-written letters ? We must say that 
it looks very much that way. 
Good, careful, neat penmanship requires much 
time to learn and great pains to preserve, while an 
ordinary person can learn to use the MERRITT 
Typewriter in half an hour, and the writing being 
produced by metal type, is plain as print from first 
to last —while from forty to fifty ordinary business 
letters per day may be written. 
Why, then,* should a poor boy or girl spend six 
months to a year to learn penmanship, which bids 
fair to become a lost art in view of the onward march 
of the MERRITT Typewriter, costing only $15.1)0 
complete ? 
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SPECIMEN OF WORK. 
This is exact copy of The 
MERRITT'S work. It is equal 
to that of any High Priced 
Typewriter. Relieves fa¬ 
tigue from steady use of 
pen. Improves spelling and 
punctuation. Interests and 
instructs children. The en¬ 
tire correspondence of a 
business house can be done 
with it. Learned in a half 
hour from directions. 
Prints capitals, small let¬ 
ters, figures and charac¬ 
ters,—78 in all. 
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SENT TO ANY ADDRESS ON RECEirT OF $ 15 . 
LYON MANUFACTURING CO., 
59 Fifth Ave., New York City. 
SOLE AGENTS. 
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For free Samples and Catalogue of SUPERIOR DAIRY GOODS, address 
MOSELEY & STODDARD MFC. CO..Rutland,Vt. 
PERFECTION IN BUTTER MAKING. 
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O. K. CREAMERY 
Has t he largest cooling surface, takas less 
cooling m itorial, loss labor, and givesbest 
results. Ail cream raise l between milk¬ 
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can, showing condition of niiik without touching creamery. 
O ne OUIIDM II improvements over the best. 
. IV. L/ PI U rt li Fasy to clean, easy to operate. 
Made of White Oak. (.’over Castinga will not break.. 
O.K. BUTTER WORKER Adjust 
the grain of the butter. Solid wood roller. Tllli .HOST 
I’KItFEl’T Hotter Worker ever put on the market. 
JOllSS.(MKTKB.Sole Manufacturer, SYKACUSK, Ji.Y. 
SCIENTIFIC GRIN* MILL 
THE BEST MILL ON EARTH 
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CRINDS EAR CORN, SHUCKS ON OR OFF,' 
and all small Grains, in fact everything which can possibly be utilized for Feed. Has 
—-and other practical devices, to prevent breakage, 
in case iron should accidentally get into the Mill. 
tmu an small umiuo, m mm. a 
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Double capacity of all other*. . 
THE FO 
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